It has been almost a month and it does look as if this most wonderful and disrespectful of Forums has also gone the way of BlackBerry.

It is absolutely astounding the amount of damage that the slow witted and self aggrandizing narrow minded can wrought when given the power to control. BlackBerry's group of myopic and rearward facing "leaders" took the most exciting telecommunications phenomenon of this age and just let it be passed by. They could have been out front but preferred to discourage change in a world of change that they had created.

This same nearsightedness has been applied to this forum by a different group of "leaders" who have also missed the big picture. One can almost hear the same sounds of people leaving as the magic dies...

Yupperz, I agree completly, It was a fun time, and it broke up the workdaze.
And yes, sorry to say, that when my Z30 gives it up, I will be entering the Andyroids wurlds.
Snots to say, I enjoyed helping when I can in the other freds, but kept the jockularity in this one.
In which I think everypersonbody did here also, (for the most part). Donuts enjoys da krikits here, buy hey, I get a weeee bit more works done! To bad, nows I has a new threshold to maintain! Krappurz!

But I still keep da substtushuns to dis fing, and youse nebber knoews.......

Yupperz, I agree completly, It was a fun time, and it broke up the workdaze.
And yes, sorry to say, that when my Z30 gives it up, I will be entering the Andyroids wurlds.
Snots to say, I enjoyed helping when I can in the other freds, but kept the jockularity in this one.
In which I think everypersonbody did here also, (for the most part). Donuts enjoys da krikits here, buy hey, I get a weeee bit more works done! To bad, nows I has a new threshold to maintain! Krappurz!

But I still keep da substtushuns to dis fing, and youse nebber knoews.......

Often given in the cod Latin version - 'nil carborundum illegitimi'. It was in wide circulation during the Second World War at which time General "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell used it as his motto.

don't let the basttard grind you down. It is possible that whoever coined the phrase utilized a play on words involving the 'Fatherless file'. This form of file had been in use since the 17th century and was referred to in Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercises, 1677:

"The basttard-tooth'd file is to take out of your work, the deep cuts ... the Rough-file made; the Fine-tooth'd file is to take out the cuts ... the basttard-file made."

As found in "The Phrase Finder"

A fitting motto for life in general (and validated by a General!!)

I think the prophet and timless sage "The Mother of Forest Gump" said it best though

Often given in the cod Latin version - 'nil carborundum illegitimi'. It was in wide circulation during the Second World War at which time General "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell used it as his motto.

don't let the basttard grind you down. It is possible that whoever coined the phrase utilized a play on words involving the 'Fatherless file'. This form of file had been in use since the 17th century and was referred to in Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercises, 1677:

"The basttard-tooth'd file is to take out of your work, the deep cuts ... the Rough-file made; the Fine-tooth'd file is to take out the cuts ... the basttard-file made."

As found in "The Phrase Finder"

A fitting motto for life in general (and validated by a General!!)

I think the prophet and timless sage "The Mother of Forest Gump" said it best though